cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/36828107
ID: WookieeMark @EvilGenXer posted:
"OK so look, Capitalism is right wing.
Period.
If you are pro-capitalism, you are Right Wing.
There is no pro-capitalist Left. That’s a polite fiction in the US that no one can afford any longer as the ecosystem is actually collapsing around us."
Please look up “wealth inequality over time”, or watch this video on the topic https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EdqxBNgnmxU
Wealth directly represents control over resources and ownership of the economy. The more wealth you have, the more power you have (under capitalism) so massive disparities in wealth are also massive disparities of power